Aberrant Phosphorylation of α-Synuclein in Human Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-328

  Saito, Yuko ^a   Suzuki, Kinuko ^b   Hulette, Christine M ^c   Murayama, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Cholesterol; Diffuse plaque; Lewy body; Neurofibrillary tangle; Phosphorylated tau; amyloid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN NPC1; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LEWY BODY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STORAGE DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAUOPATHY;

EID: 1842615071     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.4.323     Document Type: Article

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